Work & commute · Colburn

Work & commute in Colburn, WI

Most working residents leave Colburn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Stanley (13%), Eau Claire (13%) and Chippewa Falls (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 302 Colburn residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colburn.

302live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colburn goes to work

Stanley9.8 mi away

13%41

Eau Claire31.3 mi away

13%41

Chippewa Falls22.5 mi away

6%18

Thorp13.4 mi away

6%17

Lake Hallie25.6 mi away

3%8

Lake Holcombe10.4 mi away

3%8

Cadott12.9 mi away

2%7

Menomonie47.1 mi away

2%7

Cornell9 mi away

2%6

Altoona30.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%148

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Colburn commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

13%

34%

30%

23%

13%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colburn is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Colburn are

34 jobs are based in Colburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colburn

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Colburn residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−33%

Jobs based in Colburn, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 34. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.